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Tribune series had a therapeutic effect
I thank Heidi Prescott for her series "Gone too soon" in The Tribune. I experienced a miscarriage in 1971 and I didn't have the moral support that is available to families today. My dad and two of my friends were all I had. My son and his wife lost...Tags: Chemotherapy, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Health Treatments, Skin Cancer
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The NLRB's school-door stand
WASHINGTON — Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: "Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be...Tags: Work Relations, University of Alabama, Freedom of the Press, Politics, Employment Opportunities
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Key IRS official refuses to testify
WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and...
Tags: Parties and Movements, White House, Easter, Jay Carney, Georgetown
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Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens — one more than previously known — in drone...
Tags: Barack Obama, Queens (New York City), Central Intelligence Agency, Armed Conflicts, Yemen
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Tesla pays back $465m DOE loan, Musk says 'I hope we did you proud'
Autoblog.comFiled under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, Legislation and Policy We're willing to bet there are bottles of champagne popping all the way from Washington, DC to Palo Alto, CA today with the announcement that Tesla Motors has, as suspected, paid off the... -
Appeals court says legislators can't be questioned about gerrymandering 'intent'
TALLAHASSEE – A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida legislators may not be questioned under oath about whether they "intended" to gain partisan advantage when they re-drew congressional maps last year. The ruling came in one of two...Tags: Parties and Movements, Trials, Gainesville, Lawyers, Don Gaetz
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Obama administration says fourth American was killed by U.S. drone
WASHINGTON – A day before President Obama is set to deliver a major speech on national security, his administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that it had killed four U.S. citizens – one more than previously known – with...Tags: Yemen, Pakistan, Defense, Barack Obama, Queens (New York City)
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Charley Reese: Longtime Sentinel columnist was a popular conservative voice
Charley Reese, a retired Orlando Sentinel columnist who for decades argued forcefully for less government and more personal freedom, died Tuesday. He was 76. Reese, who lived in Seminole County, died of respiratory failure after a long illness, family...
Tags: Periodicals, Israel, U.S. Army, Lebanon, Seminole County
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Villages Honor Flight to take 25 veterans to see Washington, D.C., memorials
THE VILLAGES — Twenty-five World War II veterans will get to see WWII memorials and other historic landmarks Saturday as participants in The Villages Honor Flight's seventh Washington, D.C., pilgrimage. The veterans will be accompanied by 25...Tags: Human Interest, American Legion
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First lady tours historic slave quarters
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama, whose great-great-great maternal grandmother was a slave, made a short trip from the White House on Wednesday to the nearby Decatur House, touring the historic former home and its adjacent slave quarters....Tags: Politics, Human Interest, American Express Company, Slavery
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Appeals court shields lawmakers from testifying, showing draft maps in redistricting lawsuit
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE – A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida legislators should not be questioned under oath about whether they "intended" to gain partisan advantage when they re-drew congressional maps last year. Two sets of groups have...Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Gainesville, Don Gaetz, Common
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Eventful week for Hesburgh
SOUTH BEND -- This is a big week for the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. Hesburgh will celebrate his 96th birthday on Saturday, May 25. But two other occasions will precede that: Hesburgh is honored...
Tags: Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Religion and Belief, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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